Beverly Bayne
Beverly Bayne (born November 11, 1893 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , † August 18, 1982 in Scottsdale , Arizona ; native Pearl by name ) was an American actress of the silent film era . She and her husband Francis X. Bushman are considered the first romantic star couple in film history.
Life
Beverly Bayne's family moved to Chicago when their daughter was six years old. At sixteen, out of curiosity, she introduced herself to Essanay , where she was certified as having a camera face and immediately hired her. She started with a weekly wage of $ 35 that quickly rose to $ 75. Bayne had become popular in just a few years, earning $ 350 a week.
Her first films were The Rivals and The Loan Shark (both 1912). In her second film, she already played a leading role. Essanay 's greatest male star, Francis X. Bushman, got Bayne to become his permanent film partner . The first of their twenty-four films together for the company was Pennington's Choice (1915). In 1916, Bayne and Bushman left Essanay and worked for Metro until 1918 . In total, Beverly Bayne and Francis X. Bushman have made seventy films together.
The romantic screen couple, who played the title roles in a very successful Romeo and Juliet film in 1917 , also became lovers in real life. They secretly married in 1918, just three weeks after Bushman's divorce from his ex-wife. After the scandalous circumstances of their wedding became known, the film offers for the couple became rare; in the six years from 1919 to 1925 Beverly Bayne could only make nine films.
Bayne and Bushman divorced in 1925; Beverly Bayne's last silent film was Passionate Youth (1925). She then worked as a stage actress and appeared on Broadway in the 1930s and 1940s . 1948 Bayne was after a screen break of 23 years in a tiny supporting role in Jules Dassin's The Naked City ( The Naked City to see). It was her only appearance in a sound film and at the same time her last appearance on the screen after more than 150 well-known films. The former star was not mentioned by name in the film's credits .
In 1950, Beverly Bayne resigned from acting entirely. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame commemorates her.
Web links
- Beverly Bayne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Beverly Bayne in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Louella Parsons 1919 interview with Beverly Bayne
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayne, Beverly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | From name, Pearl (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1982 |
| Place of death | Scottsdale , Arizona , United States |